Video generation

Kling 2.6

Name: Kling 2.6
Author: Kling AI (Kuaishou Technology)

Kling 2.6 (kling-v2-6) generates 3 to 10 second clips at 720P or 1080P from text, image or video input, with optional native audio and voice control at 1080P.

A video generation model by Kling AI (Kuaishou Technology) · read 2026-08-14 · sourcing medium

Up to: 10 seconds
Resolution: 1080P (exact pixel dimensions not published in the API docs)
Weights: Not released
API: Yes
Commercial use: Not established

It is the default model for Kling's Motion Control endpoint, which transfers captured movement and facial expression onto a target character.

Commercial use — Not established

Output use is governed by Kling's Terms of API Paid Service (https://kling.ai/document-api/guides/protocols/paid-service); that document could not be retrieved for review, so commercial-use rights are recorded as unverified rather than assumed.

The licence notes recorded during research were read for a commercial-use position and did not state one. Read the licence before you rely on any of this. Nothing on this page is legal advice, and this site does not tell you a model is cleared for commercial use.

Specification

Vendor figures, read 2026-08-14Read from Kling AI (Kuaishou Technology)'s own documentation on 2026-08-14. Vendors change these between model versions without announcing it, so check theirs before you commit a shot to a number. Sourcing for this entry is mixed. Some fields came from pages we retrieved, others could not be confirmed and are left blank. Check the vendor's current documentation

What it takes in: text, image, video
What it makes: video, audio
Maximum duration: 10 seconds
Maximum resolution: 1080P (exact pixel dimensions not published in the API docs)
Aspect ratios: not established
Controls: image-to-video, start-end-frame, reference-character-consistency, lipsync
Weights: Not released
API: Yes
Pricing: Prepaid API units, 1 unit = $0.14 list, per second of output. No native audio: $0.042/s (720P), $0.07/s (1080P). With native audio and no voice control: $0.14/s (1080P only). With native audio and voice control: $0.168/s (1080P only). Motion Control: $0.07/s (720P), $0.112/s (1080P).
Released or updated: Motion Control for 2.6 documented 2026-03-04 (default model_name kling-v2-6); migrated to the new API structure 2026-07-15
Prompt limit: 2,500 characters, plus 2,500 for the negative promptVendor figure, checked 2026-08-16Collected from the vendor's own documentation on 16 August 2026. Vendors change these between model versions without announcing it, so check the vendor's current API reference before you rely on it. Check the vendor's documentation
Prompt length the vendor recommends: 60 to 100 wordsThe recommended length is well below the cap on every model that publishes both. The cap is the point of rejection, not the target: writing to it produces worse output, not more detail.

Supported aspect ratios is not established here. That means no page we could retrieve stated it, not that the model lacks one.

Strengths

Cheapest silent Kling tier at $0.042/s (720P)
Motion Control with element binding for movement transfer
Voice control option for character dialogue at 1080P

Weaknesses

Native audio is only available at 1080P
10 second cap
No 4K

Best for

Cost-sensitive batch generation and motion-transfer work where 10 seconds is enough.

What to understand before using it

Explainers naming the mechanisms this model's own documentation mentions.

Character and set consistency: the weakest link names “consistency”
Temporal consistency: flicker, drift and morphing names “consistency”
Camera control: a move without a camera names “control”
Conditioning and control: everything you hand the model besides noise names “control”

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See it from the vendor

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Sources

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